Nestle

Production Supervisor

Nestle
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeJacksonville • Illinois • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $75,229 - $99,782 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in managing teams to achieve safety, quality, and production objectives while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Proficient in Continuous Improvement methodologies and skilled in developing training programs to enhance team competency in a manufacturing environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Leadership ExperienceContinuous Improvement MethodologiesGood Manufacturing Practices (GMP)Food Processing ExperienceSupply Chain Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead approximately 30 employees to meet safety, product quality, asset performance, and production-plan objectives
  • Deploy people-development plans and ensure team competency through training on equipment, safety procedures, and quality standards
  • Enforce SOP, SSOP, checklist, manufacturing-instruction, regulatory, and policy compliance
  • Maintain a safe work environment and update work instructions
  • Monitor GMP adherence, sanitation audits, food safety checks, product quality checks, personnel hygiene, and safety
  • Prevent and correct quality-related errors and take immediate corrective action
  • Coach employees using continuous-improvement practices and review progress against targets
  • Develop and implement action plans addressing root causes of failures
  • Facilitate handoffs and communicate key information to peers, team members, and Production Management
  • Manage employee relations and ensure smooth factory operations
  • Ensure adequate skill distribution to achieve the production plan
  • Ensure timely launch of new products to market
  • Coordinate maintenance with quality, maintenance, and engineering teams; prioritize, schedule, and ensure repairs are completed
  • Review maintenance effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of leadership experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment; or 5 years of supervisory/management experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment; or 2 years in a leadership role in the United States Military
  • Experience in food processing or packaging
  • Experience in Supply Chain and/or Inventory Control
  • Experience in Quality and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in a food processing environment
  • 1 year of experience in a Continuous Improvement environment
  • Knowledge of Continuous Improvement methodologies such as Lean, TPM, and Six Sigma
  • Ability to work extended days and/or weekends and flexibility to switch shifts as required
  • Willingness to work in a factory where ambient conditions may be extremely cold, wet, or warm
  • This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Performance-based incentives/bonus eligibility
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Healthcare coverage
  • Broad range of other benefits
  • Inclusive workplace
  • Reasonable accommodation support during recruitment

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Hard Skills
Quality ControlSafety ProceduresTraining DevelopmentRoot Cause AnalysisLean MethodologyTPMSix SigmaProduction PlanningAsset Performance ManagementSanitation Audits
Soft Skills
CoachingCommunicationEmployee RelationsTeam ManagementProblem Solving
Industry Keywords
Food SafetyManufacturing ComplianceInventory ControlProduction ObjectivesSOPSSOPContinuous ImprovementPersonnel HygieneQuality StandardsFactory Operations